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The AC is moving forward into 2021 with some exciting and extensive upgrades to the forums! Over the weekend, Brent Dacus and I installed vBulletin 5, which includes many updated features. I would like to thank Brent for all of his hard work behind the scenes. He is absolute top-notch when it comes to the technical aspects of the forum and hosts the AC server. We couldn't have done this so seamlessly without Brent's tireless efforts.
Now, as promised, here are some of the new features of the AC as we head into 2021!
- NEW APPEARANCE - You can choose between two styles - the bold AC 2021 Style, which is the default you are looking at now, or the AC Classic Style, which is very similar to the last style you have seen here. You can change the syle of the forum at the bottom left-hand corner of the forums in a drop-down menu.
- UPLOADING PHOTOS - I know this has been a big one here for years. The old system was a three or four step process. Now, you will be able to add photos to your post much like you do on social media. With one click of the button, it will go to your hard drive. Select, and load onto the AC. Finally! Right?
- SOCIAL MEDIA INTEGRATION - You can now register and log-in through Facebook. You will also see Facebook and Twitter icons in posts. (Look to the left of this post). This will allow you to share any post straight to your personal feed in either platform.
- MOBILE FRIENDLY - When you access the AC from your mobile phone, it will now be condensed in a mobile-friendly format with EBUFU events popping up first and highlights from the main forums after that. This is condensed version of the FRONT PAGE. If you are on a desktop, the front page and forum format will look very similar to what you are already used to now.
- EVENTS, EVENTS, EVENTS - The EBUFU Event Schedule can be found front-and-center on the front page of the forums and comes up first when you access the site on mobile. The event schedule can also be found at the bottom of the forums and inside the EBUFU Event Folder. We have archived 2020 (Thank God) and now have 2021, 2022 and 2023 Event Folders so we can continue looking three years ahead. If you have an event that you want listed here, please contact me at etinohio@msn.com and we can discuss the requirements for listing events at the AC.
- STREAMLINED - We have eliminated the old links pages which were not being utilized. Authentic Units, AC Approved Vendors and Authenticity Articles can now be found at the top of their respective forums for easy access.
- SEARCH FUNCTION - Yes, the famous search function is still there. Not only that, the search speed is improved and the capabilities have been upgraded. It is located in the top right of the forums in the image header. Have you used the search function yet?
- SPEED - With the latest software, the forum runs faster now than it ever has before.
- SECURITY - The new sotware has all of the anti-spam security features built into the system We no longer have to add additional modules.
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